I am having a problem configuring my eee pc to access my mail account. The computer is on line, from the work/mail page I enter name, e mail address, server type and server name, which then prompts me to enter a valid host name.
I have double checked my inputs and even tried a different mail account and server name. All the details are correct, but Istill get "enter a valid host name".
I would appreciate some help please.
Graham

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Important information can sometimes be sent to an old email address that you no longer use.

For instance, if you registered a domain name, a website hosting account, a PayPal, or eBay account with an old email address but forgot to update your account when you switched email providers, then messages sent by those sites will be overlooked.

Finding old email accounts is not that difficult, especially because email users tend to use the same user name, or variations of it, for all email accounts.

If you know, or have an idea of what the old user name was, then retrieving, or changing the password is simple, but each email server uses a different user name or password retrieval method.

Call your internet provider and tell them you have forgotten your email account.

Give them your name and account number, found on your monthly statement.
In some cases the Internet provider will want to email this information to you.

Be sure they send the information to the alternate email address which you can access.
You don't want them to send messages to the email address you can't currently access.

The internet provider will ask you the security question you selected when signing up for the account.

If you can't remember what you selected, then the customer service representative may ask for a user name, your address, or the telephone number under which you registered the account.

Reset the password with the customer service representative over the phone.
The representative will help you change the user name if needed and reset the password so you can access the account again.Yahoo Email

Go to the Yahoo mail page which asks you for your Yahoo ID.

Click on "I can't access my account."

Make the appropriate selection from the choices.
If you choose "I can't remember my user ID" then Yahoo will have you answer the "secret questions" they asked when you signed up.

These questions will be something like: "What was your first car?" or "Who was your third grade teacher?" If you answer coincides with the answer you gave when you signed up for the account.

Yahoo will give you your user ID.

After recovering your user ID, click on "I can't access my account" again and select "I can't remember my password," then click next and you will be taken to a change password screen, where you can change your password.

Start using your old Yahoo email account.MSN Hotmail Email

Go to the Hotmail, or the MSN ID page, where it asks for your user name and password
Enter your user ID.

Unfortunately, MSN requires you to remember the user ID.

Click on "I have forgotten password"

Choose whether you want your password mailed to you or changed.
Unless you have registered a secondary email, if you choose email then the password will be sent to the account you can't access.

If you want to change password then you will be asked the security questions you specified when you registered the account.

Questions are something similar to, "Mothers birth place?" You may also be asked for your zip code, or address.

You can combine multiple Gmail accounts into a single,
primary Gmail account by using the POP3 Mail Fetcher application built into
Gmail.
The Mail Fetcher enables you to retrieve email from POP3
email accounts, including Gmail, and send mail as if from a different email
address all from within your primary Gmail account. Configure your primary
account to manage your other Gmail accounts with the Mail Fetcher.

Sign in to the Gmail account that you want to use to manage your Gmail
accounts.
Click the "Settings" icon, represented by a gear
cog, in the top left and click "Mail Settings."

Click the "Accounts and Import" tab.
Click the "Add POP3 Email Account" button.
Enter the email address of your secondary email account
and then click "Next Step."
Enter the password of your secondary email account and
then click "Add Account."
Click the radio button beside "Yes, I want to be able
to send email as
[SECONDARY EMAIL ADDRESS]" and then click "Next
Step."

Enter the display name for your secondary email address
and then click "Next Step."
Click "Send Verification" and then check your
secondary email account.
Click the link contained in the verification email to
confirm the integration of that account with your primary Gmail account.
All mail sent to your secondary Gmail is now delivered to
your primary account, and when responding your secondary Gmail address is
displayed in the From section of the email.

It is not uncommon for users to forget their user names and
passwords, especially when trying to access an email account not often used.
Email providers like Yahoo! and Google are aware that users
forget and have implemented a way to identify the user in this situation. In
order to use this retrieval method, you must have submitted an alternate email
address when you signed up for that email.

Go to the email sign-in page.
Notice the option underneath the login fields for users that
have trouble signing in; in Yahoo! Mail this option is "I forgot my Yahoo!
ID" and in Google Gmail this option is "Can't Access Your
Account."
Click this option.
Enter the alternate email address entered when you set up up
your email address.
Yahoo! Mail users also need to enter the birth date, country
and postal code entered when the email address was set up. Click
"Next."

Log in to your alternative email address and click the email
provided.
Your email user name is available in the body of the email.
Click the link within that email to reset your email
password.
To reset your email password, the provider might require
that you answer your security question.
Go back to the email sign-in page and log in using your user
name and new password.http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/account/account-10.html
Hotmail
have a forgotten password link but you must have another email adress to send
your forgotten password to
just open up another email acc at hotmail/live.com eg: lumpy9@live.com
in the
right hand corner on the hotmail homepage you should see help center
down in
the bottom right hand corner tab click on that another page will open you
should see another help center click on that again another page will open with
account calender contacts essentials
click on
the account tab another page will open with if you have forgotten your password
or are having trouble signing in yet another page will open get help with your
password problem
or signing
in click on it you should see something
like I forgot my password or I know my password but am having trouble signing
in I think someone else is using my hotmail account
at the sign in for your hotmail
account click on forgot password tab another page will open then on the reset
password tab

Important information can sometimes be sent to an old email
address that you no longer use.
For instance, if you registered a domain name, a website
hosting account, a PayPal, or eBay account with an old email address but forgot
to update your account when you switched email providers, then messages sent by
those sites will be overlooked.
Finding old email accounts is not that difficult, especially
because email users tend to use the same user name, or variations of it, for
all email accounts.
If you know, or have an idea of what the old user name was,
then retrieving, or changing the password is simple, but each email server uses
a different user name or password retrieval method.

Call your internet provider and tell them you have forgotten your email
account.
Give them your name and account number, found on your monthly
statement.
In some cases the Internet provider will want to email this
information to you.
Be sure they send the information to the alternate email
address which you can access.
You don't want them to send messages to the email address
you can't currently access.

The internet provider will ask you the security
question you selected when signing up for the account.
If you can't remember what you selected, then the customer
service representative may ask for a user name, your address, or the telephone
number under which you registered the account.

Reset the password with the customer service representative
over the phone.
The representative will help you change the user name if
needed and reset the password so you can access the account again.

Yahoo Email

Go to the Yahoo mail page which asks you for your Yahoo ID.

Click on "I can't access my account."

Make the appropriate selection from the choices.
If you choose "I can't remember my user ID" then
Yahoo will have you answer the "secret questions" they asked when you
signed up.
These questions will be something like: "What was your
first car?" or "Who was your third grade teacher?" If you answer
coincides with the answer you gave when you signed up for the account.
Yahoo will give you your user ID.

After recovering your user ID, click on "I can't access
my account" again and select "I can't remember my password,"
then click next and you will be taken to a change password screen, where you
can change your password.

Start using your old Yahoo email account.

MSN Hotmail Email

Go to the Hotmail, or the MSN ID page, where it asks for
your user name and password
Enter your user ID.
Unfortunately, MSN requires you to remember the user ID.

Click on "I have forgotten password"

Choose whether you want your password mailed to you or
changed.
Unless you have registered a secondary email, if you choose
email then the password will be sent to the account you can't access.
If you want to change password then you will be asked the
security questions you specified when you registered the account.
Questions are something similar to, "Mothers birth
place?" You may also be asked for your zip code, or address.

Enter a new password.

Enter anew password when the MSN ID page loads again and
access your old email account.

Gmail Email

Access the Gmail ID page and click on "I can't access
my account."

Choose the appropriate selection from the page that loads.
Options include, "I have forgotten my password"
and "I have forgotten my user name."
If you select "I forgot user name," then click on
"retrieve user name page," which you will see further down on the
page.
Enter the alternate e-mail with which you registered the
account.
The user name will be sent to that email.

Select "I have forgotten my password" If you know
your user name then choose and click on "retrieve password" page.

Enter your user name on the page that comes up and then
answer the confidential question that is asked.

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It is not uncommon for users to forget their user names and
passwords, especially when trying to access an email account not often used.
Email providers like Yahoo! and Google are aware that users
forget and have implemented a way to identify the user in this situation. In
order to use this retrieval method, you must have submitted an alternate email
address when you signed up for that email.

Go to the email sign-in page.
Notice the option underneath the login fields for users that
have trouble signing in; in Yahoo! Mail this option is "I forgot my Yahoo!
ID" and in Google Gmail this option is "Can't Access Your
Account."
Click this option.
Enter the alternate email address entered when you set up
up your email address.
Yahoo! Mail users also need to enter the birth date, country
and postal code entered when the email address was set up. Click
"Next."

Log in to your alternative email address and click the
email provided.
Your email user name is available in the body of the email.
Click the link within that email to reset your email
password.
To reset your email password, the provider might require
that you answer your security question.

You need to look at the information that was provided by your ISP (Internet service provider). If you are trying to access through a client programs such as outlook then you need to find out from your ISP what the pop and SMTP addresses are so that you can enter them at that screen as well as the username and password that was provided with your account.